Iaf Aviation Posters — 5 museum-grade prints on the theme. India ordered MiG-29 fighters in the mid-1980s as a counter to F-16 exports across the border, with No. 47 Squadron Black Archers standing up as the IAF's first Fulcrum operator at Adampur in Punjab. The Su-30MKI is a deeply customised Indian variant of Sukhoi's Su-30 platform, assembled under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited with AL-31FP engines featuring thrust vector control, N011M Bars radar, and integration for weapons including BrahMos and Astra. It forms the quantitative backbone of IAF air superiority and strike planning. The HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft entered Indian Air Force squadron service on 1 July 2016 with No. 45 Squadron Flying Daggers at Bangalore — the first operational Tejas unit in the world.